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Trials is a Chicago, Illinois band formed in 2011 that fuses groove and thrash metal with metalcore intensity, earning a reputation in the city's heavy underground scene for their technically precise and relentlessly energetic sound.
Tribal from Seyssinet-Pariset near Grenoble have been delivering thrash metal with primal, clan-like intensity from the Isère valley since 2000. Over a quarter century of output from the Alpine foothills makes them one of the longest-running thrash acts in the Rhône-Alpes.
Death/thrash metal band from Santos, São Paulo, formed in 2020 by vocalist Vitor Rodrigues and guitarist Mauricio Nogueira, both veterans of Torture Squad. The band released their debut EP in October 2020 and followed it with the full-length Sacred Legacy on December 3, 2021, recorded and mixed at Estúdio Casa 39 in Campinas, with drummer Rômulo 'Minduim' Jorge (Ave Noturna) and bassist Vinnie Savastanno completing the lineup. The band went on hold after the release but remains listed in the Brazilian underground scene as a project of established veterans.
Harderwijk's Tribal Spirits have been delivering straight-ahead thrash metal since 2009, channeling the genre's primal energy from a small city on the edge of the Veluwe nature reserve. Their enduring commitment to thrash's foundational values defines their no-nonsense approach.
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Thrash metal duo from Belém, Pará, formed in 2013 as a solo drums project by LeArzzi before expanding to include guitarist Pequeno. The band recorded across a five-year span, releasing the single Flames in January 2019, a track described as depicting a world war chaos scenario, produced entirely at LeArzzi's home studio and ROTF Records.
Tribulation is a black/thrash metal band from Concepción, Chile, active since 2008 and signed to Darkness & Evil Records. Drawing on themes of occultism, black magic, and chaos, the band released their debut full-length Gathered Are the Legions to Destroy the Light in 2020, followed by the EP Chalice of Unlight in 2021.
Tribunal is a thrash/power metal band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2013, combining the precision and aggression of thrash with the melodic ambition of power metal in the tradition of East Coast heavy metal.
Tribus is a metal band from Gallup, New Mexico, formed in 2025, whose history spans industrial metal in their early period before shifting toward a thrash-oriented sound.
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